Rob Dibble vs. Horace Fenner — Career Comparison

Rob Dibble
Baby BoomersConnecticutThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Horace Fenner
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Horace Fenner built a career as a starting pitcher and Rob Dibble as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rob Dibble posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.98 and WHIP 1.247 compared to 7.71 and 2.429 for Horace Fenner. By the career numbers, Rob Dibble had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rob Dibble and Horace Fenner

Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.57
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Horace Fenner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Horace Fenner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Horace Fenner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.68
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.98
Horace Fenner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
7.71
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.57
10.57
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.452
0.452
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.26
Horace Fenner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
18
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.26
6.26
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Horace Fenner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Horace Fenner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.07
0.07
Horace Fenner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
4.49
Horace Fenner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.86
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Horace Fenner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Horace Fenner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
645
12.17
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.17
12.17
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.68
1.68
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.851
1.851
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.571
0.571
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.68
Horace Fenner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.23
Horace Fenner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Horace Fenner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1979
37.34
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
43.71
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.85
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
3.19
Horace Fenner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
7.71
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.38
Horace Fenner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.45
Horace Fenner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.429
2.429
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1685
31.79
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
39.86
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.467
0.467
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.34
37.34
Horace Fenner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.71
43.71

Fielding Stats for Rob Dibble and Horace Fenner

Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1431
27
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
477
9
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.43
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.6
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Horace Fenner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.09
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.04
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.83
94.83
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.143
0.143
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Rob Dibble and Horace Fenner

Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
7451.61
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
600
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
483.87
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
6.22
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.3
-5.73
Horace Fenner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
96.77
Horace Fenner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.2
6.2
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
116.13
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
Horace Fenner
Career
Per 600 PA